Table 9
Violent crime perpetrated by females, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 2015

Table 9
Violent crime perpetrated by females, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Violent crime perpetrated by females. The information is grouped by Type of violent crime (appearing as row headers), Current / former spouse, Intimate relationship, Other family, Acquaintance, Stranger and Total , calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of violent crime Current / former spouseTable 9 Note 5  Intimate relationshipTable 9 Note 6  Other familyTable 9 Note 7 AcquaintanceTable 9 Note 8 Stranger Total
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Homicide 10 23.8 0 0.0 16 38.1 13 31.0 3 7.1 42 100.0
Attempted murder 9 23.1 10 25.6 6 15.4 8 20.5 6 15.4 39 100.0
Other violations causing death 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 40.0 3 60.0 5 100.0
Sexual assaults - all levels 8 4.0 23 11.6 43 21.7 106 53.5 18 9.1 198 100.0
Other sexual violationsTable 9 Note 1 0 0.0 9 10.1 28 31.5 42 47.2 10 11.2 89 100.0
Sexual violations specific to children 0 0.0 8 12.9 18 29.0 27 43.5 9 14.5 62 100.0
Sexual violations NOT specific to children 0 0.0 1 3.7 10 37.0 15 55.6 1 3.7 27 100.0
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 45 16.7 93 34.4 42 15.6 68 25.2 22 8.1 270 100.0
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 1,310 22.9 1,476 25.8 985 17.2 1,452 25.3 506 8.8 5,729 100.0
Assault - level 1 - common assault 4,227 18.3 4,910 21.3 4,400 19.1 7,540 32.7 1,993 8.6 23,070 100.0
Other assaultsTable 9 Note 2 11 0.7 13 0.9 18 1.2 439 28.9 1,038 68.3 1,519 100.0
Forcible confinement, kidnapping or abductionTable 9 Note 3 19 13.7 25 18.0 64 46.0 18 12.9 13 9.4 139 100.0
Robbery 1 0.3 18 4.6 9 2.3 109 27.9 254 65.0 391 100.0
Extortion 6 7.8 24 31.2 5 6.5 24 31.2 18 23.4 77 100.0
Criminal harassment 191 14.0 291 21.3 120 8.8 687 50.2 79 5.8 1,368 100.0
Threatening or harassing phone calls 46 7.7 128 21.3 96 16.0 282 46.9 49 8.2 601 100.0
Uttering threats 336 8.3 316 7.8 536 13.2 2,475 61.0 397 9.8 4,060 100.0
Commodification of sexual activity 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 100.0
Other violent Criminal Code violationsTable 9 Note 4 8 5.7 7 5.0 33 23.6 75 53.6 17 12.1 140 100.0
Total 6,227 16.5 7,343 19.5 6,401 17.0 13,340 35.3 4,426 11.7 37,737 100.0
Note 1

Other sexual violations include primarily sexual offences against children (i.e., sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, corrupting children, making sexually explicit material available to children, luring a child via a computer, agreeing to or arranging a sexual offence against a child, obtaining sexual services for consideration, procuring persons for the purpose of prostitution, receiving a material benefit from the purchase of sexual services provided by individuals under 18). However, some "other sexual offences" involve adults as victims (i.e., voyeurism, bestiality, incest, nonconsensual distribution of intimate images, obtaining sexual services for consideration, procuring, or material benefit from sexual services).

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Note 2

Includes assaults against peace officers; unlawfully causing bodily harm; criminal negligence causing bodily harm; and other assaults.

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Note 3

Includes forcible confinement; kidnapping; abduction under 14, not by a parent/guardian; abduction under 16; removal of children from Canada; abduction under 14 contravening a custody order; abduction under 14, by a parent/guardian.

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Note 4

Includes firearm violations; intimidation of justice and non-justice participants; explosives causing death/bodily harm; and arson.

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Note 5

Includes common-law relationships. Victims under the age of 15 were excluded for data quality reasons.

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Note 6

Includes current and former dating relationships as well as "other intimate relationships," such as extra-marital lovers. In some cases, the victim and the accused were living together at the time of the offence.

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Note 7

Includes siblings and all others related by blood, marriage (including common-law), adoption or foster care.

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Note 8

Includes friends; neighbours; authority figures; business relationships; and criminal relationships (such as prostitutes, drug dealers and their clients).

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Notes: This table includes only incidents involving a single accused and a single victim. Incidents in which the relationship between the accused and victim is unknown are excluded.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2015.
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